Tai chi for breast cancer patients: A systematic review

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Choi, Tae Young ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary therapies; Systematic review; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI JI;

EID: 77950690354     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0741-2     Document Type: Review

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